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Toxic
by Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes, San Francisco Chronicle
A billion-dollar cleanup of a former Navy base in San Francisco has been rocked by fraud. San Francisco Chronicle reporters Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes explore the history of that shipyard and other Navy installations that handled toxic materials, and what’s being done to make sure the land is safe enough for new housing and other development.
Episodes
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Rounding out the Toxic Year
Things are wrapping up but hardly slowing down in the final episode of Toxic's first season. Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes discuss three stories they're working on involving the radiation cleanup scandal at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, including new calls for an investigation into...
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The health official who helped sell shipyard homes
Cynthia Dizikes and Jason Fagone talk about their latest investigation, into how San Francisco's top health regulator overseeing the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard got directly involved with some home sales there, helping convince uncertain buyers the Superfund site was safe — but not…
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The Watchdog
Daniel Hirsch, retired head of the UC Santa Cruz environmental and nuclear policy program and an expert on Superfund cleanups, talks to Jason Fagone about what went wrong with the cleanup at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard — which was a lot. Hirsch says the site could have been cleaned up...
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What the Parcel A retest revealed
The state says its retest of Parcel A, the area of the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard where people are living, and where soil samples were falsified in earlier testing, shows the area is safe. Critics say the new scan was still inadequate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
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Why this story matters
Cynthia Dizikes and Jason Fagone take a step back from the fast-moving story about the cleanup of Hunters Point shipyard and other toxic former military sites in the Bay Area to talk about why they're covering this story, why it matters and why listeners should care. Learn more about your ad...
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Left in the dirt
As tons of toxic soil piled up around cops who worked at the Hunters Point shipyard, San Francisco assured them they were safe. But the city never knew, and still doesn't. Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes talk about the latest story in their investigation for the San Francisco Chronicle. Learn…
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Obsolete safety standards
A team of researchers has published a report saying that — separate from any fraud — the cleanup of the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco has been inadequate in ways that, in the words of the lead researcher, "would knock my socks off." Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes talk…
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Department of Justice backs whistle-blowers
Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes discuss the Department of Justice's plans to sue Tetra Tech EC, revealed in court files made public last week. Tetra Tech is the Navy contractor accused of widespread fraud in the cleanup of San Francisco’s toxic Hunters Point shipyard. The government throwing its...
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Our Toxic story so far
When Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes of the San Francisco Chronicle began reporting about the cleanup of radioactive former military sites around the Bay Area, they thought they'd be writing a few long, deeply reported stories, and this podcast would accompany them in documentary form. But their...
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Building 606
Six former San Francisco cops who were stationed at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard — where ships were brought for decontamination after the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests — share what it was like to work at an EPA Superfund site whose cleanup has become a scandal. They also describe the…
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Trailer
Coming soon: An investigation into questions and concerns arising from the cleanup of toxic former Navy sites around San Francisco Bay. Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes of the San Francisco Chronicle report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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A billion-dollar cleanup of a former Navy base in San Francisco has been rocked by fraud. San Francisco Chronicle reporters Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes explore the history of that shipyard and other Navy installations that handled toxic materials, and what’s being done to make sure the land is safe enough for new housing and other development.
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Toxic currently has 11 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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A billion-dollar cleanup of a former Navy base in San Francisco has been rocked by fraud. San Francisco Chronicle reporters Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes explore the history of that shipyard and other Navy installations that handled toxic materials, and what’s being done to make sure the land is...
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Toxic is created and hosted by Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes, San Francisco Chronicle.
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